British consulate in Union City

Union City is not one of the nine places where the UK keeps a consular office in the United States. The office that covers it is the British Consulate General in New York, 6 miles away by road, about 16 min at the speed limit.

Which British consulate covers Union City?

gov.uk lists New Jersey in the district of the British Consulate General in New York.

None of the British offices in the U.S. issues passports or visas. What the British Consulate General in New York does in person is the emergency travel document and a limited notarial service, both by appointment.

British Consulate General New York

UK visa biometrics near Union City

Union City has no UK visa center. The closest one on VFS Global's list is in New York, New York, about 3 miles away in a straight line, open Monday to Friday.

A British passport holder does not need a visa center: it exists for people applying for UK visas.

Nearby cities and their consulate

  • Manhattan, 2 miles away, covered by New York
  • Jersey City, 4 miles away, covered by New York
  • Kearny, 6 miles away, covered by New York
  • Harrison, 7 miles away, covered by New York

    • What you can settle from Union City without going

    Some of it can be done tonight, from a laptop.

  • You can renew an adult British passport online with HM Passport Office, which sends it back by courier: Passport renewal.
  • You can apply for a first passport for a child born in the U.S., and your countersignatory may hold a U.S. passport: First or child passport.
  • You can cancel a lost or stolen passport online before you replace it: Lost or stolen passport.
    • This is an independent guide, not the UK government. It does not process applications or book appointments. Fees and procedures change: check anything that decides a trip on gov.uk.
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